I was just watching NFL Live and they did a top 10 of best catches this season. Avant's grab that was giffed on here recently was #1 and they did a sports science segment on one handed catches using him as an example. Pretty cool to have another Michigan player be featured. Denard had a piece on him before I know, but was there anyone else?
I can't find the video online anywhere yet.
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I'm recording NFL Live at
I'm recording NFL Live at 4:00 pm Thursday but I'm not sure if it's a replay of that or a new show.
Avant is the man
Besides Woodsons interception against MSU, Avant's catch at Northwestern was the most impressive one-handed catch I can remember from my childhood. Sports Science did a piece on Calvin Johnson's catch radius which is a 2 car garage-Avant cannot be far behind eventhough he gives up a good 6+ inches
Marquise Walker?
Now that was a pretty good catch too. I think that was also against northwestern.
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Iowa
Walker made a crucial one-handed catch against Iowa. I can't recall one against NU, just Avant's.
Walker's catch is one of the
Walker's catch is one of the few memories I have of Michigan football from when I was a kid. That was truly amazing.
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What about Arrington?
In the '08 Capital One Bowl Adrian (sp?) Arrington made a one-handed grab around a defender that I think was much more difficult than Avant's against NU. It may have been Manningham but Im pretty sure it was Arrington.
No it was AA.
No it was AA.
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I had completely forgotten
I had completely forgotten about that catch. That was unbelievable, and so confusing live. Wait... he couldn't have possibly caught that... could he have???
When that happened
When that happened, my first thought was it was like a glitch in a video game where the ball goes through the defender. Ridiculous catch.
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Nice Avantatar you got there.
Nice Avantatar you got there.
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See I would have gone with
See I would have gone with "Avantar" there.
Looking at it again, I
Looking at it again, I straight up agree with you. Much respect.
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Good for Avant getting more
Good for Avant getting more press. However, as a physics teacher, I STRAIGHT UP HATE sports science. I have students bringing in clips not realizing those clips are not even close to science. They are more like sports measurements.
Physics
How is it not science? Just off the top of my head some of their episodes talk about the impact of a golf club on a golf ball and it's corresponding velocities and impact pressure, the force of a punter's foot on a football when he punts it, the force felt by a person who is being tackled at peak speed by a defender. All of those things are simple F=MA and free body diagrams so while certainly not ionic bonds or magnetic flux I'd say it still dwells firmly in the land of science and definitely practical application of Physics.
It's pop science. It's not
It's pop science. It's not science. In order for something to be science there has to be controls and experiments. Sports science is an analytical segment that uses comparisons that are not put into proper context in order to be hyperbolic.
The entire segment is pretentious and tacky. It's not science.
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Are you suggesting that every show should include a multi-million dollar double-blind study? I think the shows are informative and serve a purpose. They aren't pretending to be anything other than what they are.
No, I'm suggesting that
No, I'm suggesting that Sports Science misrepresents itself and propagates the same pop science that is used to convince people that climate change isn't happening, or that broccoli can cure cancer.
I'm not suggesting the show should be cancelled, I'm just saying it sucks. And that it should be called Sports Anecdotes... No SportsScience.
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Double blind studies has
Double blind studies has nothing to do with the issues with the sports science clips. I am teaching students that a quality scientific study includes controls and experimental variables and samples, along with a testable hypothesis and stated conclusion based upon data and observations. All sports science is a showcase for amazing athletic abilities. Taking a velocity, force, or torque measurement is not science. It is just a measurement. When students watch these clips being showcased under the guise of "science," they are being misled this is how science is done. I am having to hear from students that the scientific studies we perform in class is long and meticulous and not splashy like "Sports Science." Science is long and meticulous. It is meant to be a careful process.
I do like seeing Wayne State University faculty members getting press as well on ESPN. Perhaps it will get students interested in kinesolgy and to attend Wayne State. One of my good hockey buds is a medical physics professor at Wayne State.
Maybe popular science?
Agree that some clips are basic measurement tests, but they frequently provide diagnostics and occasionally use controls. Some of the episodes would form the basis of a decent 8th grade science fair project.
The purpose of the show is a little analytics of the sports world. At least kids think about quantifying or proving the significance of observed events, yes?
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You are right they do get
You are right they do get students thinking about analytics. I just wish it would get students thinking about the scientific process as well. If ESPN doesn't want to mislead people, then call it "Sports Analytics."
I am probably kidding myself as this is the same network that knowingly overhypes bench players like Tim Tebow and Jeremy Lin.
I would love to see a sports science clip actually perform a well designed experiment. In the past five years, I have yet to see one actually use control variables or state a hypothesis. If anyone could find it, I would post bang you a million points. Right now I am using a series of clips (The Science of Speed) produced by the National Science Foundation and NASCAR to showcase actual sports science.
I love Sport Science!
I love Sport Science! Interesting stuff!
Death to popscience!
Death to popscience!
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Is this different from the
Is this different from the segment I usually see on ESPN called Sports "Science"?
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I'll definitely have to check Mgovid in the afternoon for that segment. Can't wait till Zoltan gets one
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